The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-07-27

able conditions. DR.. Farr has divided life
4as follows: Boyhood, 10 to IS years;
youth, .15 to %; manhood, 25 to 55; ma
turity, 55 to rs; ripeness, 75 to IS, and
old age, IS and upward. If in the pres
ence of these eminent, authorities I might
be allowed to make my own estimate, it
would be as follows: A child continues
to be such until he is 20, which is the
law Of the land; he is young man from
90 to 40; middle aged man from 40 to
60; an elderly man from 60 to go, and
an old man: from Soto 100. q
There seems to be considerable doubt,
howevery as to whether the. age Of 100 is
at alt near the limit to which people may
and frequently do live. On this point Pro
fessor j. r. Buchanan writes as follows
in The journal Of Man: .'The attainable
limits Of Human longevity are generally
underrated by the medical profession and
by popular opinion Instead of the
scriptural limit of three score and ten I
would estimate twice that amount, or
140 years, as the ideal age of healthy
|. longevity, when.mankind shall have been
bred and trained with the same wise en-
ergy that has been expended on horses
and cattle"
Tho estimate of '14O years as a prac-
tical longevity for nobler generation is
sustained by the, number of that age
fdnrteen, if I recollect rightly found in
Italy by q census under one of the later
Roman emperors, but for the race now
..ots the globe b md-e applicable estimate
lis that Of the European scientist that the
normal longevity of an animal is five
times its period of growth. Mans
growth, however, is not limited to-
twenty, and if we extend the period of
maturity to twenty-eight, the same rule
would give 140 as an age for the best
specimens of humanityr and asthis has
been attained in some ceases, its general
possibility in improved conditions is thus
demonstrated. Professor Buchanan then
goes on to give number ofnstances Of
persons now living who have nearly at
tanned the age Of 140.
On this point statement recently pub.
lshed by M. Kohl, an eminent Russian
scientist, will prove interesting IF not
astounding. he says: 5fsss 1;si..zs,..
"Despite their enormous consumption
of the vile liquor called .yodh' "a sort OF
brandy, the Russians are stronger,
healthier and more long lived than any
other European nation. From the sturdy
old fellow Of century's standing down
to his great great grandchild in the era
die, brandy-or, in other words, vodki-
is the drink OF all; and SO entirely does it
seem to be adapted to the constitution of
the people that in no country does so.lit-
tie drunkenness appear on the surface,
and in none do the inhabitants live to
such, AN enormous age with fewer at
tendant infirnlities. In the whole Rus
sian empire there die annually 10000
/, men above 80 years Of age-that is to
say, third part of the yearly obituary
900 above 100 years of age; fifty to fifty
five who are more than ~120 years old;
twenty above. .180, and eight above 1916,
while on the average two or three may
be annually reckoned to attain the are of
from 140 to 1856.
If we 60 back to scriptural times we
: find many instances of longevity, the
truth of which we could not accept from
any other authority than the bible. The
late Mr.. Methuselah, for instance, lived
to be 1000 years old, and, many Others
are me1itionedtas living 500 to 800 years.
Compared with these old stagers, the
famous Mr.. iParr, Of London, was cut of
.in-the Rower-of his youth, for he only
lived 1855 years. He might, however,
have continued to livsman yearsaonger,
in his rustic health and happiness, had he
not been taken to the court of King
Charles, where the highly seasoned dishes,
combinA with his own gluttony, soon
killed Hra. 44Home knowledge.